Few funds shine in August as market chaos takes its toll

Mon Sep 12, 2011

With numbers in from nearly half of the funds reporting to
the EuroHedge database, it is clear that August was a grim
month for all but a few European hedge funds as rapidly
mounting concerns over the Eurozone debt crisis and faltering
global economic growth took their toll on world markets.

The EuroHedge Composite Index is showing a median return of
-1.95% at this stage – with all strategy areas
currently showing negative returns with the exception of
managed futures, fixed-income and dollar-based macro funds.

The provisional median return is roughly level with the poor
showing in May 2010, when the EuroHedge Composite Index was
down by 1.98% in an equally calamitous month in the equity
markets.

But the provisional result...

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